Applicants are being advised to register with one of the three remaining appointments offices at London, Manchester and Glasgow, and vacancies notified by employers will be transferred to the appropriate remaining appointments office.

In view of the great importance of making the best use of our trained brain power, is the Minister satisfied that with only three offices open facilities are adequate to continue the very valuable work which has been done in this matter?

In addition to keeping these offices open, we attempt to deal with professional and executive applicants in another way, too. Advice interviews and the placing of trainee executives on a more local basis will be carried out at employment centres such as Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Newcastle and Nottingham, and we hope that that will be sufficient to maintain the value of the service.